Rhythm Stick Drumming

🔉🌊🔊 Some good acoustics today at @weare_lcb Staff Development drumming at Leeds College of Building.

What an amazing youth band today for the @ourbiennale Magnificent Me Parade! 👏👏👏 So proud of everyone who took part, massive well done all.

So honoured to be leading this fabulous lot down the lined streets of Central Manchester this Sunday1 19th! Come and see us parade down Deansgate. Manchester Day Parade starts at 1pm. See you there! #manchester #mdp #recoveryispossible #music #wellbeing #recovery @bandanarua

A bit of technique practice at #valleybeatssambaband today 🖐️🥁🖐️

Some fabulous stomping acoustics in the The Tech Holmfirth dance studio 😁😁😁

Moments to be proud of... Leading a 45-strong band consisting of half @bandanarua plus half members of the public who learned the tunes an hour before! At max three people wide the band was 16 rows long 😱

Loved playing Timbales with @drpetesalsaband for May Day celebrations at @standedge_tunnel. Led by the fabulous @prbpnews Here is a little solo from a spicy number, Ran Kan Kan by @titopuente1923 @canalandrivertrust #rhythmstick #rhythmstickdrumming #rhythmsticks #drummersofinstagram #drumming #drumlife #drummergirl #drums #percussion #percussionist #percussionista #percussion_creativity #percussionlife #drumminglife #playtogether #salsa #salsamusic #salsapercussion #holmfirthband #HD9music #communitymusic

As much as I love my job, my greatest achievement has been producing this amazing human. Caught playing her own composition, aged 10.

Percussion in the play park. Never grow up 😂 #alwaysdrumming #drumeverywhere #fidget #tapping #junkpercussion #musicinthepark

My childhood musical inspiration Robert Wolfe at the Astoria Centre today. Always loved the copy-cat piano linked up around the corner. Great afternoon.

Oooooooh... I do love a crackin ending! So intense it made the camera shake 😂 #whatanending #communitymusic #sambadrums #sambadrummers #sambaworkshops

Happy International Women's Day Ladies! Much fun tonight drumming with the Huddersfield Trefoil Guild. #girlguiding #trefoilguild #internationalwomensday #drumworkshops #sambadrumming #teambuilding

Really missed this guy! Not seen him in 2.5 years. Such a fantastic drummer. Thanks for coming @ability.options #drumworkshops #learningdisabilitiesrock #musicforlearningdisabilities #makesmesmile #lovemyjob❤️

FINISHED: Our free Wellbeing January Course in Denby Dale& Holmfirth. 🌟NEW BEGINNINGS🌟: We look forward to welcoming some of the course attendees back this week for our usual Valley Beats band sessions every Wednesday and Thursday morning. #trysomethingnew #newbeginnings #groupdrumming #sambaband #sambaworkshops #beginnersworkshops #makeanoise

**When music you arrange and perform is on ITV** Proud to support this very humbling event with @6million_plus and @bandanarua #percussioncomposition #lovedrumming #rememberthem

Another part of my job that I love - arranging music for different occasions. Here warming up with @bandanarua for the commemorative parade #holocaustmemorialday in Huddersfield by 6 million + #commemoration #halocaustawareness #specialevent #musicforthecommunity

Stick gone in first few seconds of the first song! Doh! With the Awesome Banda Na Rua at The Picturedrome & Box Office, Holmfirth

Busking in Pen*stone today with the fabulous #valleybeats Samba Band. £38 raised for @medecins.sans.frontieres. Visiting our friend at @frillies_boutique.

Great visit to see some fabulous musicians Sambroso Allstars at Parish

So humbled playing with fabulous musicians. House Band Sessions at The Picturedrome & Box Office, Holmfirth hosted by JamFactory Thanks for the vid Duncan Bradbury #livemusic #livemusicrocks #drummergirl #percussionist

A good dollop of audience participation for Valley Beats today at the Day of Dance for @holmfirthfolk festival #communitymusic #lovemyjob #valleybeats

LISTEN! Music for COP 26

With @Banda Na Rua I'm making #MusicforCop26 to add my voice and help build public pressure in the lead up to the #COP26 UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow. @letitgrow_music Video Featuring: Katie Mallard - Musical Director Rebecca Barnett Kevin Barnsley Linda Barnsley Ricardo Black Meg Black Duncan Bradbury Sue Brown Keith Fermor Jude Gidney Caroline Godin Heather Heath Richard Hook Natasha Mitchell Daisy Steel Susan Steel Margaret Temple Leo Thompson Eleanor Tillotson John Tillotson Josie Tillotson Caroline Todd Sally Watts And those who were prevented from joining this video because of the pandemic: Chloe Green Lisa Green Jan Jackson Mandy Morris Music: "Ochumare" written by Jon Halls. Arranged for video by Katie Mallard. All rights reserved. Video filming and editing buy John Coombes ofd Bikeshed Digital Media. Less

That's another item ticked off the bucket list! I learned Take 5 on the electric organ as a child and always wanted to play it with others. So humbled being surrounded by the amazing musicians last night at House Band night at The Picturedrome & Box Office, Holmfirth hosted by Josh Haslam at JamFactory #percussionist #cajonplayer #cajon #femaledrummer #boxofficebar #jamnight

Three days til festival time!

Sound On! Only three days to go until Dr Pete's Samba Band perform at Marsden Jazz Festival Marsden Fringe Festival Five percussionists, keys, bass and more brass than I can count. Come see us 7pm this Saturday 9th October at Hanson Music Main Stage. https://marsdenfringe.com/venues/

Boomwhackers at Friend to Friend! Such fun. #communitymusic #friendtofriend #boomwhackers

Valley Beats Samba Band Rockin' Holmfirth Arts Festival

Valley Beats first gig in 18months - nailed it! Wonderful audiences at the Holmfirth Arts Festival 2021 and such a fabulous feeling of the community coming together post-lockdown. This Samba Band even writes their own songs too! MUSIC: "Muck In" written by the band for fellow band members Hazel Booth and the late Audrey Fenwick. Recorded live at Holmfirth Arts Festival. VIDEO: Videography by Hazel Mallard (aged 9!) Editing and production by Katie Mallard Big thanks to the Central England Co-op centralenglandcoop for their continued support of the band. www.centralengland.coop www.rhythmstick.co.uk/valleybeats www.instagram.com/rhythm_stick www.holmfirthartsfestival.co.uk #livemusicrocks #drummergirl #musicwriting #holmfirthevents #sambalove #artfestival

Does your alarm sound like Dr Who? Junk Percussion Drum Cover

One morning I just woke up and thought "my alarm sounds just like the Dr Who theme". So I played it, and it does! Hope you enjoy this junk percussion drum cover of the Dr Who Theme featuring boomwhackers, wine glasses, a bucket, @Afon Mêl mead, an A4 sheet of paper and, of course, my alarm. #percussionist #drwhotheme #junkdrums #wineglassmusic #wineglassmusicians #boomwhackers #exploresounds www.rhythmstick.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/rhythm_stick/ https://www.facebook.com/rhythmstickdrumming Drum Workshops West Yorkshire

Samba Drum Workshops West Yorkshire

Can you imagine your group performing a tight Brazilian groove in 60 minutes? We can! Our high energy Samba drumming workshops are perfect to add something different to your event. From birthday parties to corporate teambuilding and CPD events, give your participants something to really remember. We offer hands-on school drum workshops, helping primary and high schools work towards their Artsmark and Arts Award. And whether it’s learning about Brazil or forming a junk percussion band for recycling awareness it’s a very loud way to cover the curriculum! Turn your Scout, Guide or youth group into a full Samba Band in only an hour. A series of workshops could lead to a performance at an event or even a carnival parade Based in Kirklees, West Yorkshire we travel all over the UK, bringing our addictive drum beats with us. If you can hold a drum stick, you can make a beautiful noise with Rhythm Stick’s drum workshops. Delivering weekly Samba and percussion classes in Kirklees we develop musicality and boost wellbeing for both adults and young people. www.rhythmstick.co.uk #Primaryschoolworkshops #birthdayarties #Corporateevents #Drumperformance #drummingWestYorkshire #Sambadrummingworkshop #Teambuilding #CPD

6 Week Bucket Holiday

Going to miss this fabulous lot over the summer holidays! 😭 Such fun learning proper percussion technique to their song requests. First session back Monday 6th September. Looking forward to it already 😆 Book your first free session here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bucket-drumming-lessons-with-song-requests-for-adults-tickets-128117205009?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1 #zoomclassroom #junkdrumming #bucketdrummer #homeeducation

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